The Worthye Booke of Old age otherwyse entituled the elder Cato, contayning a learned defence and praise of Age, and Aged men: writen in latine by that father of eloquence Marcus Tullius Cicero, and now englished. Whereunto is annexed a Recitall of diuerse men that liued long. With a declaracion of sundrye soortes of yeares, and the diuersitie between the yeres in the old time, and our yeares nowe adayes.

1569

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The Worthye Booke of Old age otherwyse entituled the elder Cato, contayning a learned defence and praise of Age, and Aged men: writen in latine by that father of eloquence Marcus Tullius Cicero, and now englished. Whereunto is annexed a Recitall of diuerse men that liued long. With a declaracion of sundrye soortes of yeares, and the diuersitie between the yeres in the old time, and our yeares nowe adayes.

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Title-page Attribution: As above
A translation of Cicero’s Cato Major de senectute
Other Copies: 5 (British Library, Glasgow, Harvard, Huntington, Elizabethan Club)

1569

Auteur:	Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Titre:	The Worthye Booke of Old age otherwyse entituled the elder Cato, contayning a learned defence and praise of Age, and Aged men: writen in latine by that father of eloquence Marcus Tullius Cicero, and now englished. Whereunto is annexed a Recitall of diuerse men that liued long. With a declaracion of sundrye soortes of yeares, and the diuersitie between the yeres in the old time, and our yeares nowe adayes.
Lieu de publication:	London
Editeur:	Imprinted at London by Thomas Marshe.
Date:	1569
Langue:	English
Nombre de scans:	168
Type:	Print

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Auteur(s)Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Newton, Thomas
Auteur Années(106-43 BC)
(1544/5-1607)
TitreThe Worthye Booke of Old age otherwyse entituled the elder Cato, contayning a learned defence and praise of Age, and Aged men: writen in latine by that father of eloquence Marcus Tullius Cicero, and now englished. Whereunto is annexed a Recitall of diuerse men that liued long. With a declaracion of sundrye soortes of yeares, and the diuersitie between the yeres in the old time, and our yeares nowe adayes.
Forme alternative du titreWorthy Book of Old Age
Langue(s)eng

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Lieu de publicationLondon
EditeurImprinted at London by Thomas Marshe.
Date de publication1569

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Description matérielle

TypePrint
Volume8° ; 14.75 x 10 cm
Collation158 p.
ReliureHalf-calf, contemporary
Signature‡⁸ A-H⁸ I⁴ χ⁴ (-χ⁴)

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Remarques généralesTitle-page Attribution: As above
A translation of Cicero’s Cato Major de senectute
Other Copies: 5 (British Library, Glasgow, Harvard, Huntington, Elizabethan Club)
AnnotationFront flyleaf densely annotated with list of words (18th c.) Occasional English finding notes for proper nouns
Citation: nom de la sourceSTC (2nd edn.) 5294

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PID724
DOI10.13097/BodmerLab/1072056467

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